I love to use symbols in my art because they add meaning as well as beauty to the piece. Symbols are for the viewer to define what they are for them, but I am often asked “What do they mean”? So much of the time, there are many meanings for them in different cultures and times but the following is what I was thinking when I painted them.

Spiral The path to the center of being

Descending Squares The light of the Creator coming into the Painting

The Entity The life not as we know it—perhaps a spirit

Diagonal line to The light of the Creator the Entity’s shoulder

Triskelion or Triple Spiral Could be the Crone, Mother and Maiden (Femininty). Or Father, Son and Holy Spirit or many other meanings.

Dragon Fly Many meanings in many cultures, however in dragonfly (medicine) it is the idea of reawakening the magic and mystery of life.

Hearts Love, happiness, and for me, very light hearted and fun.

Seed of Life From sacred geometry, this has seven circles symbolizing the 7 days of Creation.

Shaman Healer, faith leader, mystic—universal for me, for all faiths.

Quail Family, togetherness

Circle with Cross and Dots The round earth with the 4 directions and the people in it.

Turtle Perseverance, getting there slowly but surely

3 Standing Figures The ancestors, those that have gone before

Sun with spiral The journey to the center housed in the light---another symbol for the Creator